B Good to Pollinators

Author: Katherine Smith

  • Decatur Focus

    Decatur Focus

    March 6

    Thank you, City of Decatur, for highlighting our work on landcare, biodiversity, and IPMs in the current issues of the Decatur Focus (page 20). The story highlights the IPM toolkit introduced by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and the connections between Bee City USA – Decatur and Bee Campus USA – Decatur (People for Pollinators, Agnes Scott College), who have been working toward similar goas. Their efforts toward IPMs, also part of the Growing with Dana series (Building on Dana / Patterns in Space, Dalton Gallery, Dana Fine Arts Building) inspired the collaboration that has led to the launch of B Buckets. Thank you, City of Decatur! Join us!

  • Intown Experiments

    Intown Experiments

    March 4

    In addition to offering buckets directly, we are posting developing and instructions for Intown Ace Hardware, revising our bucket designs slightly to accommodate the materials they have in stock or on order, especially for this project. Black buckets arrive on Friday, March 7. Thanks, Andy, for your help thinking through solutions for design challenges. Here is a preview of the location–shelf still in progress–in case you want to DIY as early as this weekend — it is time, Decatur!

     

  • World Wildlife Day

    World Wildlife Day

    March 3

    Re:wild Your Campus just reminded us that today is World Wildlife Day, a great day to be launching this work to support pollinators. Re:wild Your Campus is an amazing organization, started by undergraduates to encourage the reduction of herbicides on their UC Berkeley campus. Today Mackenzie Feldman, founding director, and Shaina Crystal, co-director, continue to support students, staff, and faculty on college campuses across the US in their efforts to reduce and eliminate herbicides and pesticides.

    Nell and I have completed their Advocacy Bootcamp. And RYC has just announced a new bootcamp and program for K-12 schools, with a free webinar on March 8 at 9:00 am EST. I will be reaching out to our local school system tomorrow.

  • Local Buckets – Intown Ace

    Local Buckets – Intown Ace

    March 2

    Today I picked up buckets from Intown Ace Hardware on Scott Blvd in Decatur (thank you, Tony and Andy!) to get started on workshops and distributions before the season starts. Intown Ace is stocking supplies and posting our instructions, coming soon. They provided all of the buckets and MosquitoDunks for the workshop in the “Growing with Dana” series at Agnes Scott on Feb. 26, the first time that Peter and I presented together. We are so grateful for their continuing support of our initiative.

    We have included instructions on our Education page. Whether you buy ours or DIY some, please consider trying buckets rather than spraying! And please shop local!